C.K. Prahalad

8:03 PM Saturday April 17, 2010
by Adi Ignatius

I first met C.K. Prahalad in July 2008. I was the deputy managing editor of Time magazine, and had organized a discussion in New York City to debate “creative capitalism” — Bill Gates’ idea for spreading the benefits of capitalism to the billions who have been left out.

When I’d asked Gates whom he most wanted with him on the panel, the answer had come back at once: C.K. Prahalad, the brilliant strategy thinker at the University of Michigan.

Beyond his scholarship, C.K. could be counted on in any discussion to provide wise, assured, and often blunt insight. During the talk on creative capitalism, C.K. found an opportunity to chide his hosts: “This movement will not go forward if the media does not play its part,” he said. “The stories from the poor countries need not be only stories of poverty and corruption.” (…)

C.K. also expressed enthusiasm about a book he was co-writing for HBR Press with HBR editor at large Anand Raman, on how some of the best management ideas these days are coming from India and the other emerging markets, and are reshaping management theory.

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